First record of the alligator lizard Gerrhonotus lugoi (Squamata: Anguidae) for the State of Nuevo León, Mexico

Uri Omar García Vázquez; Elí García-Padilla; Gerson Josué Herrera-Enríquez

doi:10.1016/j.rmb.2016.09.008

First record of the alligator lizard Gerrhonotus lugoi (Squamata: Anguidae) for the State of Nuevo León, Mexico

Authors

Uri Omar García Vázquez Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM
Elí García-Padilla
Gerson Josué Herrera-Enríquez

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmb.2016.09.008

Keywords:

Distribution, Xerophytic scrub, New record

Abstract

The first record of Gerrhonotus lugoi from Nuevo León, Mexico is given. This is the first time the species is reported outside Coahuila, Mexico, where it is known from the San Marcos y Pinos and La Madera mountain ranges, surrounding the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in central Coahuila.